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A story set in the 16th century across three continents. Based on the legend that meteorite fragments, known as stones fallen from the sky, are thought to bring immortality to those who possess them. The search for meteorite fragments takes us from Constantinople's Great Bazaar to the other end of the Silk Road in China, as well as Malaysian islands brimming with unique spices, and from the heights of a Tibetan monastery in Lassa to Genoa's fortifications. A veritable cavalcade of sensations that captivate readers, the book leaves a compelling message: we seek shooting star fragments to achieve immortality and try to outlast our passage in this world by building palaces, cathedrals, minarets, and walls; and yet, the true meaning of life is here and now, moment by moment, seemingly fragile but powerful due to our common, universal, human core that unites us all.

Thaddeus Rutkowski's Safe Colors is a novel that tells the story of a biracial boy who grows up in Northern Appalachia and moves as a young adult to New York City. One of the driving forces in his life is the desire to fit in as a person of color in a white society. Further complicating matters is a childhood spent in a difficult family situation. The boy's Polish American father is a frustrated artist who drinks too much, while his Chinese immigrant mother works outside the home, away from the father and children. Over the years, the family shrinks and splits, but the surviving members eventually come back together to rally around their ailing mother.

Bob Bachner's fast-paced novel tells the story of a boy who vows to kill his father for abandoning him and his mother. Moving from a small Hudson Valley town to New York City, he confronts innumerable obstacles on his quest to fulfill that vow. Struggling against the legendary hardships of the megalopolis, he grows from a recognizable American innocent into a resourceful and highly intelligent young man. Through the intimate voice of this new American hero, readers will remember their own, earlier pledges to get even. Killing Jack Armstrong is an engaging novel of an unusual coming of age.

"September 1944. Dr. Julius Matthias feels adrift. Nazi Germany is far from defeated and the war drags on. The world he knew is no more; there is no home for him to return. Are his children, his extended family safe? He has to know their fate before he decides on his own. It is in new liberated Paris that he comes in search of answers"--

"A woman unable to face her lover's death, a boy who puts up with and accepts his mother's burning him with curling irons and waffle makers, a young girl who must save her father from a desperate hunter-these are just some of the many characters presented by Leah Holbrook Sackett in You Don't Know Who You Are Until You've Gone Too Far. And, yes, many of them go too far and put up with more than they should, but, almost without fail, each one gains some small understanding, some peace, and is able to move forward even if only by inches. It is that forward movement provides the hope found in the collection"--

Mrs. Alworth envelops the reader, like a blanket. Tim Castano does an amazing job of pulling the reader inside the characters' heads, and navigating their layers, from their appearances to their inner, vulnerable selves, to how they receive and perceive one another, and ultimately, to how they love. The central relationship is so pure, with no expectation, no promise, no compromise. What a beautiful - but oh so sad - story. Very much like Castano's Quebec, it is an unforgettable read.